On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Reinhard Hahn <lilyp...@kr-hahn.de> wrote:
> > I'm not top posting. > > Please record the following as an enhancement request. > > A quite commonly used notation for augmented steps is to draw a line > through the > eventually elongated last line of the digit. In this case "Last line" > refers to > the order the digit is written manually. This results in a typographic > ligature > of the digit together with a plus sign. > > In case of the augmented sixth the result should be like the following > example > > http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Altsext.gif&filetimestamp=20090401171647 > This is better readable then the result of the following snippet > > \version "2.12.3" > \figures { > < 6\\ >4 > } > > Similar should be possible together with the figures 2,4,5. Here the > resulting > plus sign isn't rotated but its is lowered or highered with respect to the > result of > > \version "2.12.3" > \figures { > \set figuredBassPlusDirection = #RIGHT > < 5\+ 4\+ 2\+ >4 > } > > A poor graphical representation is given in > http://www.robertkelleyphd.com/FiguredBass.pdf where the vertical > position is > o.k., but it's not really a ligature. > > It is quite obvious that the result may be depending on the font used for > the > digits. > > A possible notation might be to use the \+ modifier and switch between the > current and the intended behaviour with a property (e.g. > \set figuredBassPlusLigature = #TRUE) > > Regards > Reinhard > > > > > _______________________________________________ > bug-lilypond mailing list > bug-lilypond@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond > Greetings, Reinhard - This has been entered as issue 2042 : https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2042 Ralph Palmer _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
